State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Massachusetts vs Mississippi
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Mississippi, $29,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.9% — not 54.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+54.3%
Massachusetts vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+26.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $45,600
- p25
- $38,370
- p75
- $49,040
- p10
- $36,540
- p90
- $58,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
Mississippi
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $29,560
- p25
- $26,000
- p75
- $33,940
- p10
- $22,010
- p90
- $36,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.